Improvement in wheel-fiiows



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- Wheel Plow.

Patented 061.127, 1868.-

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Y tical plane indicated by the course of red line x y, front end to the hounds B, by means of eye-.bolts b,

depressed.

means of which the rear end of this ii'ame can be adiii-imi l tata* JAfMn-s Kanon s Leners Putative. 83,507, mm1 00am 27, 186s.

ALEM., INDIANA.

mP'RovEvrr-.NT 1N WHEEL-Hisawa.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES KAY, of Salem, Washington county, in the State of Indiana, have invented a new and improved Wheel-Plow; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and description thereof, reference being had tothe. accompanying drawings, making part oi' this specification, in which- Figure lis a plan view of the improved plow. Figure 2 is a longitudinal'section taken in the vcrin iig.' 1.'

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken in the vertical plane indicated by red line y y. Figure 4is a similar view of the same parts shown in fig. 2, representing theplow elevated.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

f This invention relates to an improvement in wheelplowsand is designed to alord a substantial singleriding turn-plow, which can be successfully used in turning gravelly soil, and easily managed by the feet ot' a person riding upon the carriage to which the plow is applied.

The nature of my invention consists in va novel manner of bracing the beam of a turn-plow, and securing such beam to a vibrating frame upon a two-wheel carriage, said frame being hinged to hounds in front oi' the axle of the carriage, and provided with means whereby it can be adjusted so to have the plow run at any desired depth in the ground, as may be required.

Provision is also made for allowing a person, lmounted in a seat upon the axle of the said carriage, to raise the plow clear of the ground, or to depress and hold the plow down during the operation oi' turning the soil.

Provision is also made for sustainingthe double-tree by me'ans oi' braces or holdback-rods connected to the plow-beam, and also to the axle-tree, all as will be herefinai'ter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

ln the accompanying drawings, A A represent two transpo1tingwhecls, applied upon an axle, A', from which latter the hounds B project, to which the draught# pole B is seemed. The axle A has a metallic plate secured upon it, and the hounds are braced to the axle by means of metallic straps a., which are applied to them, as shown in the drawings;

C represents a rectangular open frame, composed of two transverse beams secured lirmly to the ends of three longitudinal beams. This frame is hinged at its so that the rear end oi' this frame can be raised and This frame B is supported upon the axle A', by means of screw-rods c c, which are tapped througll the two outside longitudinal bars, and by The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and`making part of the same.

justed so as to be supported upon the axleyat any desired height. The studs b b', which are inserted into' the upper side of the axle, perpendicular to it, are designed to serve as side-stays and guides for keeping frame Cv in its place against lateral thrust.

l) represents a seat for the driver, which is supported upon the axle A', and mounted upon standards c c', which are bolted to said axle. Below this seat D, and secured to the axle A', are two brackets d d', which incline backward, and have two foot-levers or treadles pivoted to them, as shown in the drawings. The treadle c, on the right-hand side of the central beam of frame C, is connected to an inclined plow beam, O', by means of a rod el, and is designed to afford a means whereby a person sitting upon the seat D can, with his foot, raise the plow E from its work. The lever or treadle j' is connected to said plow-beam by means of a rod, f', and is designed to a'ord means for enabling the person to hold the plow E and 'ame' C down to the work. It will bc seen, by reference to iigs. 2 and 4, that a rod, g, is employed as a means for holding down and staying the bracket d against upward thrust during the act of holding the plow down to its work by pressing with the foot upon treadle j'.

The plow-beam C is mortised into the central longitudinal beam of frame C, and inclined backward. This beam is also secured to the frame C by means of two lateral braces,-h h, two front braces, ij,a1'1da rear brace, k, which system of bracing allows me to employ a beam, C', long enough to admit of its being successfully secured to the elevated carriage-frame C.

The plow E maybe constructed like any well-known turn-plow. It is secured to the beam G by means of braces, l j, and its mould-board is strengthened by means of a lateral brace-rod, m., which is secured to said mould-board atY one end, and to the frame C at the opposite end. The brace-rod j has an eyeY formed on its lower end, through which a bar, m., passes, that is rigidly secured to the plow E. This rod j passes up through a portion of the plow-beam, and through the centralbeam of the frame O, and receives a nut u'pon its upper end, by means of which the plow is drawn tight and held firmly. The bar n is screwed to the back of the mould-board at one end, and its opposite end enters a hole made through the landside-plate of the plow. Then it is desired to remove the plow from its beam, the bar a is drst detached.

The brace-rod 7' serves as an auxiliary plow-beam, and alsg as a brace to assist-in strengthening this beam against backward strain and movement.

The braces which I have described are all so arranged The double-tree G, which is secured at the middle of its length to draught-pole B, and to which the sin glo-trees are attached, is braced and strengthened by means of the rods or chains p y, attached to its ends,

' which secures the double-tree to said pole,and it serves as a forward-jointed attachment for the rod s, which will allow the frame C to vibrate.

The Coulter, J, is a curved blade with a short hook on its rear upturned end, which hook will be embedded into the sideof the beam G', when this eoulter is screwed tightly in place to the landside of said beam.

From the above description it will be seenthat I have a plow which can be readily managed by a person sitting upon the seat D, on the carriage-axle A', and that such person will have his handsfree to handle the reins and control his team. l secure the plowbeam or standard C to the frame C in such manner that no ordinary resistance will break or derange any of the parts; I sustain! the plowshare against strain; I-provide for enabling the attendant to set the plow to run at anyvdesired depth; I enable the driver to press the plow down to its work, and to raise the plow.l

Having described myinvenon,

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lei. ters Patent, is-

1. A two-wheel single-riding plow, having the plow E and its standard C' secured to a hinged frame, C, as described,-in combination with lateral, front, and rear braces arranged for sustaining said standard. substantially as described.

2. The brace-bar j, connected to the bar In of the plow E, passed through the standard C', and secured to the frame C, substantially as described.

3. The combination of level-sor treadles e f, with a plow which is applied to a hinged frame, C, upon a two-wheel carriage, one of which levers or treadles is adapted for raising the plow and its frame, while the other is adapted for depressing said parts, substantially as described.

4. The brace y, connected to the bracket d', and the seat-standards o', substantially as and for the purposes described.

5. The adjusting-screw rods e c, applied to the hinged frame G, and supporting this frame upon the axle A of a single-riding plow, subst-zuitially as and for the purpose described.

6. In a machine which is constructed as described,

vthe three holdbaok-rods or chains p p s, attached to.

the doubletree, substantially as and for the purposes described. i

JAMES KAY.

'l Witnesses:

HARBIN HUM, JAMES P. KAY. 

